Muestro dos imágenes aparentemente diferentes. Primero conseguí la oruga de color verde, tomé la fotografía y allí la dejé guardada para publicar cuando fuera el momento preciso. Hace unos días realicé otras fotografías desde el teléfono de mi sobrino. Otra curiosa oruga, con una especie de manto en su cuerpo de color gris con tonos verdes y uno pelos anaranjados sobresalientes de su cabeza.

I show two apparently different images. First I got the green caterpillar, took the picture and left it there to publish when the time was right. A few days ago I took other pictures from my nephew's phone. Another curious caterpillar, with a kind of mantle on its body of gray with green tones and one orange hair sticking out of its head.

Are they both from the same caterpillar? I would never have imagined this.

Decidí buscara información para ampliar este contenido. Al desconocer el nombre científico de la oruga, lo correcto es buscar fuentes documentales. Coloqué la imagen de la oruga verde y como resultado obtengo que se trata de una manduca sexta. Posteriormente, introduzco la otra imagen y me dice lo mismo, manduca sexta.

I decided to look for information to expand this content. Since I do not know the scientific name of the caterpillar, the right thing to do is to look for documentary sources. I placed the image of the green caterpillar and as a result I obtain that it is a manduca sexta. Later, I introduce the other image and it tells me the same thing, manduca sexta.

Seguía sorprendiéndome, pero al mismo tiempo, le di un giro a la situación. Ambas, en diferentes épocas fueron encontradas en el mismo lugar, son lepidópteras pertenecientes a la familia sphingidae, es decir, polillas de cuerpo robusto y vuelo rápido. Se les llaman gusanos del tabaco. Es posible que durante su metamorfosis, cambien de verde a gris con otros tonos.

I kept on being surprised, but at the same time, I put a spin on the situation. Both, in different times were found in the same place, are lepidopteras belonging to the family sphingidae, that is, moths with a robust body and fast flight. They are called tobacco worms. It is possible that during their metamorphosis, they change from green to grey with other tones.

Note, this is just speculation, if it is the same caterpillar, something happens to change its appearance, right?

En algunos insectos, durante el tránsito de pasar de una etapa a otra, se lleva a cabo un proceso denominado ecdisis, en este momento el animal se desprende de su vieja apariencia, se separa de su exoesqueleto adoptando así una nueva apariencia.

In some insects, during the transition from one stage to another, a process called ecdysis is carried out, at this moment the animal detaches itself from its old appearance, separating from its exoskeleton adopting a new .

Could this phenomenon have occurred in the caterpillar?